Gbenro Adesina
As part of the process of the appointment of the 13th Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Peter Olamakinde Olapegba of the Department of Psychology and Professor Ezekiel Olusola Ayoola of the Department of Mathematics, have emerged as the winners of the election of the 2021-2026 Senate Representatives on the joint Council/Senate Joint Selection Board.
It would be recalled that the duo had won the previous election conducted on Monday, September 21, 2020, and the re-conducted election of November, 25, 2021, which was disrupted by the nonacademic staff, before the whole process of appointment of the 13th VC was cancelled.
Olapegba, the immediate past Dean, Faculty of the Social Sciences and Ayoola, former Head of Department of Mathematics, polled the highest votes of 283 and 269 respectively, to emerge winners and serve as the representative of the University Senate on the joint Council/Senate Joint Selection Board to decide who will lead the institution for the next five years.
The election, which was conducted by Electronic voting today Tuesday, October 12, 2021, between 9am and 12pm, was contested by five candidates to fill the two available slots.
The candidates are: Professors Peter Olamakinde Olapegba, 283, Ezekiel Olusola Ayoola, 269, Oyeduntan A. Adediran, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, 148, Olaniyi J. Babayemi, Department of Animal Science, 125, and Emmanuel A. Ajav, Department of Agriculture & Environmental Engineering, 87.
The election was in pursuant to the provisions of the relevant Act of the University, with specific reference to the appointment of Vice Chancellor.
